""Tarekat Tijaniyah: History of Development, Teachings, and Economic Dynamics in Cirebon." The history of tarekat development shows that these tarekat have naturally experienced a struggle for life from natural selection. This is...
more""Tarekat Tijaniyah: History of Development, Teachings, and Economic Dynamics in Cirebon." The history of tarekat development shows that these tarekat have naturally experienced a struggle for life from natural selection. This is historically true, that many orders have disappeared because of the absence of supporters to fight for them. The development and teachings of the Tijaniyah Tarekat in Cirebon show the historical dynamics of the models, patterns, and patterns of development of this tarekat in the social history of society in Indonesia, especially in the Cirebon region. This also shows the roles and relationships of tarekat figures with the social and political situations they have faced throughout their history. Therefore, this study aims to explain the history, development, and geneology, and the teachings of the Tijaniyah tarekat, and the economic dynamics in Pondok Pesantren Buntet and the people of Cirebon. This research uses a qualitative paradigm. Qualitative research is related to the use of qualitative data such as texts, documents, interview results, and participant observation to understand and explain social phenomena. The method used is the historical method and the verstehen method. Data were collected from manuscripts, documents, literary texts, and research results related to history, development, Tijaniyyah teachings, and the dynamics of the economy of society, then verification, evaluation, and interpretation of the data were carried out so that the conclusion of this study was obtained. This research concludes that the history of the Tijaniyah tarekat was founded by Sheikh Ahmad al-Tijani, a Sufi who received spiritual abundance with the qathbaniyah state, namely Qathb al-Makhtum, not only a Sufi who perfected the previous state of writing but also gave a new style both in teaching and the practice of his tarekat. The development of the Tijaniyah tarekat in Cirebon began with the arrival of a scholar of Arab descent to Indonesia, Syekh Ali bin Abdullah al-Thayyib al-Madani, who carried out the spread of this tarekat to West Java, especially Cirebon. Some of the kyai from the Cirebon Buntet pesantren, such as K.H. Anas, K.H. Akyas, and K.H. Kowi is a pioneer who acts as a muqaddam from the Tijaniyah tarekat who transmits teachings to the people of Cirebon and its surroundings. The teachings of the Tijaniyah tarekat in Cirebon are implemented in the form of spiritual practices in the form of istighfar, prayer, and tahlil (dzikir). This form of practice of the tarekat has an important contribution as religious motivation in business for its followers.